The first time I ever encountered a regular expression was many years ago now, but I still remember my first thoughts on it: What is this string-like thing? I don’t want to touch it, it looks scary. I ...

Regular expressions are, I think, the quintessential example of something that many people "just copy and paste." Even if you don't write them, once you learn to read them, your world will change. Thi ...

Regular expressions can seem complex, but the biggest reason for this is that most programmers don't take them seriously enough. Spend just a little time finding out how they work, and you can do ...

I'm trying to decode some data in Javascript and I thought regular expressions might help. The data is a string like so: I'm trying to avoid using a loop to then split(",") each array item. So is ...

When having an AI create a regular expression for input validation, the first thing you should ask for is not the pattern ...

In the Star Wars universe, not everyone uses a lightsaber, and those who do wield them had to build them themselves. There’s something to be said about that strategy. Building a car or a radio is a ...

Regular expressions can seem complex, but the biggest reason for this is that most programmers don't take them seriously enough. Spend just a little time finding out how they work, and you can do ...

Imagine you are looking for a name in a telephone directory, but you can't remember its exact spelling. You can spend ages searching through all the possible combinations, unless you have a tool that ...